1959 Wellsville Braves Statistics

New York-Pennsylvania League (NYPL) - Class: D
Team Record: 80-46
Finished 1st in the NYPL
Manager: Harry Minor (80-46)
Affiliation: Milwaukee Braves
Location: Wellsville, New York
Ballpark: Tullar Field
Attendance: 25,659, Avg. 407
1959 Wellsville Braves Roster

Playoffs - Wellsville Braves 2 games, Corning Cor-Sox 0
Finals - Wellsville Braves 3 games, Elmira Pioneers 2

The Wellsville Braves of the New York-Pennsylvania League ended the 1959 season with a record of 80 wins and 46 losses, finishing first in the NYPL.

The Braves scored 862 runs, best in the league. Wellsville conceded 677 runs. Marcial Allen led the squad with 19 home runs, and Lorne Johnson walloped 15 or more, too. Marcial Allen drove in 92 runs and topped all regular batters by connecting at a .356 clip. Bennie Griggs paced the squad with 21 wins, while Jim King as well added 15 or more victories as well Ceferino Foy recorded a 3.46 ERA, best among qualifying pitchers.

Members of the 1959 Wellsville Braves who played in Major League Baseball during their careers were Vern Handrahan, Phil Niekro and Amado Samuel.

Harry Minor served as manager.


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Pitching:

Player W L W% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF
Bennie Griggs217.7503.98352727210235.02311321042695175606
Jim King152.8823.88232015121146.0117806312105116319
Ceferino Foy128.6003.46222214140195.017694751991111817
Frank Johnson91.9003.7726121461117.09360498911120015
Vern Handrahan88.5005.122010203195.0120655495261409
Ronald Ross61.8573.367755159.0583122111549202
Phil Niekro21.6677.4610250035.047382912416101
Bob Byerly25.2866.0017972072.0785248105833304
Bob MacPherson29.1825.58199105092.0110795795964207
Wilfredo Echavarria13.25060.0
Bobby Wade01.00030.0
Totals7846.6294.3118811811768401046.010306315011055900737292600

Batting:

Player GP PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS TB DP HBP SH SF IBB
Marcial Allen12354246110116431419921056847.356.438.5641.002260355
Chico Diaz12256949298144265771736543.293.377.409.786201444
Amado Samuel1164843938712436110732358548.316.441.489.930192411
Rafael Gomez1205374451021192411461568289.267.387.420.807187622
Lorne Johnson894043416810825217821035230.317.414.551.966188713
Harry Minor97392299869520113641038627.318.473.522.995156412
Ken Roesler773563156394204633513836.298.376.444.820140120
Eugene McGaughey85348313459371864233041.297.357.403.760126113
George McCafferty97328267576214131253215568.232.359.517.876138024
Timothy Strickland42192151394391323203635.285.424.417.84163212
Herbert Biedermann341581303842121640002625.323.437.5691.00674101
Kenneth Wagner3712010712237031700924.215.277.364.64239112
Bennie Griggs351101001218312800523.180.219.290.50929050
Jim King2571651014112700412.215.257.354.61123011
George Lukart15674710122001200206.255.478.298.77514000
Bob MacPherson21423981140150019.282.293.462.75418011
Frank Johnson2644414800020018.195.214.195.4098020
Vern Handrahan3034312720030029.226.273.290.5639010
Ceferino Foy22726546000500622.092.181.092.2736100
Pedro Garcia823235.217.217.217.4355
Ronald Ross723234.174.174.174.3484
Phil Niekro1017130200000022.154.267.154.4212020
Bob Byerly17302052000000711.100.345.100.4452111
Bruce Shelton826262.077.077.077.1542
Frank Saia11111001.0001.0002.0003.0002
Wilfredo Echavarria6990.000.000.000.0000
Bobby Wade4550.000.000.000.0000
Totals1274500442228511203244361237157630680615.285.386.447.833188803634320


Fielding:

Player Pos GP PO A E DP Fld% RF/G PB SB CS CS%
Harry Minor1B94725351256.9848.085
George McCafferty1B5631631719.9806.196
Chico Diaz2B1152733004049.9354.983
Rafael Gomez2B12272738.9474.500
Rafael Gomez3B1081131642814.9082.565
George McCafferty3B27344586.9082.926
Eugene McGaugheyC7648653206.9647.09216
Kenneth WagnerC351791430.9855.5148
George LukartC1594920.9816.8678
Marcial AllenOF12228020110.9652.459
Lorne JohnsonOF8812812111.9271.591
Ken RoeslerOF77122670.9481.662
Timothy StricklandOF4156382.8811.439
Herbert BiedermannOF3447240.9251.441
Bennie GriggsP3594340.9291.486
Frank JohnsonP2621520.895.654
Jim KingP2333642.9071.696
Ceferino FoyP22124841.9382.727
Vern HandrahanP2032021.9201.150
Bob MacPhersonP19101430.8891.263
Bob ByerlyP17211021.000.765
Phil NiekroP104410.889.800
Ronald RossP7.000
Wilfredo EchavarriaP6.000
Bobby WadeP3.000
Amado SamuelSS1152253132451.9574.678
Totals120331501225208218.9553.6373200

Average attendance is based upon the number of actual home dates where known (most leagues from 1992 and later). Where the number of home dates is not known, the average is calculated using half the team's total games.





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